BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos_. THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4. EARTH. Hebrew ha- _'arez_. Occurs sixteen times in this chapter. Rendered "land" in verses: Isaiah 24:3; Isaiah 24:11; Isaiah 24:13 EMPTY. Note the Figure of speech _Synonymia_, "empty", "waste", "upside down", "scattered... [ Continue Reading ]
AS... SO. Figure of speech _Simile_. THE LENDER... THE BORROWER. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 22:25; Exodus 22:27; Deuteronomy 15:2; Deuteronomy 24:10; Deuteronomy 24:11). See App-92.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LAND: Hebrew. _ha-'drez_, as in Isaiah 24:1. UTTERLY EMPTIED. Note the Figure of speech _Paronomasia_, for emphasis. Hebrew. _hibb6k tibbdk_. UTTERLY SPOILED. Hebrew. _hibb6z tibboz_.... [ Continue Reading ]
MOURNETH. See note on Isaiah 3:26. MOURNETH AND FADETH AWAY. LANGUISH. Hebrew. _umlelah nablah tebel umlalu_. THE EARTH, &C. Figure of speech _Prosopopoeia_. This is one of the three places where (in the Hebrew) one verse ends with "the earth" and the next verse begins with "the earth", being the... [ Continue Reading ]
THE EARTH. See last note on p. 959. TRANSGRESSED. Hebrew. _'abar_. App-44. THE LAWS. THE EVERLASTING COVENANT. Reference to Pentateuch. See note on Genesis 9:16. and App-92, The Pentateuch was as well known to Isaiah as to the kings in whose reigns he prophesied.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEREFORE HATH THE CURSE DEVOURED THE EARTH. Some codices, with four early printed editions (one in margin), and Syriac, read "Because of. curse the earth mourneth". EARTH. Hebrew. _'erez_. DESOLATE. laid waste. Hebrew. _'asham._ Compare verses: Isaiah 24:10; Isaiah 24:12; Isaiah 24:23.... [ Continue Reading ]
NEW WINE. must. Hebrew. _tirosh_. App-27.... [ Continue Reading ]
TABRETS. drums. See note on drums, 1 Samuel 10:5.... [ Continue Reading ]
WINE. Hebrew. _yayin_. App-27. STRONG DRINK. Hebrew. _shekar_ App-27.... [ Continue Reading ]
CONFUSION. desolation. Hebrew. _tohu_. Same word as "without form". Reference to Pentateuch (Genesis 1:2). Occurs in "former" portion three times (here; Isaiah 29:1, "thing of naught; "Isaiah 34:11); and in the "latter" portion eight times (Isaiah 40:17; Isaiah 40:23; Isaiah 41:29; Isaiah 44:9, "van... [ Continue Reading ]
DESOLATION. astonishment. Hebrew. _shamen_. Compare Isaiah 24:6; Isaiah 24:10; Isaiah 24:23.... [ Continue Reading ]
SEA. Note the Figure of speech _Ellipsis_. sea [saying]. See note on Psalms 109:5.... [ Continue Reading ]
FIRES: Or, valleys. ISLES. maritime countries. See note on Isaiah 11:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE RIGHTEOUS. the righteous One (singular): i.e. the One referred to in Isaiah 24:15. or, the nation, as in Isaiah 26:2. compare Acts 3:14; Acts 7:52; Acts 22:14. I SAID. I had said: i.. the land. Figure of speech _Prosopopaeia_. MY LEANNESS, MY LEANNESS. Figure of speech _Epizeuxis_, for emphasi... [ Continue Reading ]
FEAR, AND THE PIT, AND THE SNARE. Figure of speech _Synonymia_, and Figure of speech _Paonomasia_, not. "play on words", but for great and solemn emphasis. Hebrew. _paphad_, vapahath, happa vappaph (tr. Eng., scare, lair, snare).... [ Continue Reading ]
FEAR. PIT. SNARE. Figure of speech _Paronomasia_ AGAIN. Hebrew. _happahad. huppahath. happahath bapah_. See Luke 21:35, and compare Jeremiah 48:43; Jeremiah 48:44. THE WINDOWS FROM ON HIGH, &C. Reference to Pentateuch (Genesis 7:11). ARE OPEN. have opened. FOUNDATIONS OF THE EARTH. See Isaiah 58... [ Continue Reading ]
UTTERLY BROKEN DOWN. Note Figure of speech _Polyptoton_. Hebrew breaking, breaks up. Same Figure of speech below. CLEAN DISSOLVED. Hebrew bursting, bursts up. MOVED EXCEEDINGLY. Hebrew tottering, tottereth.... [ Continue Reading ]
REEL TO AND FRO. Hebrew staggering, staggereth. REMOVED. Hebrew rocketh to and fro. TRANSGRESSION. revolt. Hebrew. _pasha_. App-44. Not the same word as in Isaiah 24:5.... [ Continue Reading ]
THAT ARE. Omit. EARTH. the ground, or, Soil. Hebrew. _ha-adamah_. Compare Isaiah 6:12.... [ Continue Reading ]
PIT. Not the same word as in verses: Isaiah 24:17; Isaiah 24:18. Here, Hebrew. _bor_,. dug-out pit, or dungeon. Occurs in Isaiah 14:15; Isaiah 14:19; Isaiah 36:13; Isaiah 38:18. and in "latter" portion, Isaiah 51:1. App-79. AND. even. VISITED: i.e. with the judgments foretold in the preceding Verse... [ Continue Reading ]
CONFOUNDED. blush (from shame). ASHAMED. turn pale (from fear). THE LORD OF HOSTS. See note on Isaiah 1:9. ANCIENTS. elders. Compare Revelation 4:4. GLORIOUSLY. in glory, or "[shall be]. glory".... [ Continue Reading ]